Literary Character

Miss Jessel from The Turn of the Screw

From The Turn of the Screw · James, Henry, 1843-1916

Miss Jessel is a spectral ghost haunts Bly, embodying innocence and distress in The Turn of the Screw, known for haunted by spectral presence, deeply distressed.

Role in the story

Spectral ghost haunts Bly, embodying innocence and distress

Personality and defining traits

haunted by spectral presence, deeply distressed

Why readers remember this character

haunted by spectral presence, deeply distressed

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